Hi all,

"The jays you are seeing ,Stellar Jay"

I may be wrong, but aren't Scrub Jays also fairly "common" in the Willamette
Valley of Oregon? I saw one this summer in Milwaukie OR. on the shores of
the Willamette. Gaston is not that far away... (I saw a pair of real Blue
Jays in January, but that was at Sandbanks Provincial Park S of Trenton
Ontario. I have no idea what any self respecting bird was doing on the N
shore of Lake Ontario in mid January, it must have been 40 below.)

Cliff Drake
Seattle WA
ardea at uswest.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neville Recording" <songbird at saltspring.com>
To: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 9:27 PM
Subject: Blue Jays


> Hi Julie Pruitt;
> I'm glad you are having fun with the birds in your yard. Most Blue Jays
are
> found East of the Rockies. The jays you are seeing ,Stellar Jay which are
> endemic to our part of the continent. If you have a Feild Guide book you
can
> check out all the details. The Stellar Jay is the official bird for
British
> Columbia.
> Good Birding
> John and Heather Neville
> songbird at saltspring.com
>
>
>